Whilst we may not have any clarity in the land of Brexit at the moment, the UK Intellectual Property Office has now confirmed the new numbering system for re-registered International designs (both RCDs and International (EU) designs) and International trade marks. The recently released UKIPO guidance confirms that the new numbering system will happen immediately before exit day (although we don't know when, or even if, that will be just yet).

On 1 March 2019, the government published a comprehensive document providing further welcome clarity on the position of EU trade marks in the UK in the event of a no-deal Brexit. In this blog we take a brief look at this latest guidance.

In an uncertain world, we can at least take some comfort from the fact that we are starting to get clarity on the position regarding continued protection of EUTMs in the UK post-Brexit. Read on to find out the latest on this.

The 585-page 'Draft Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community' was published on 14 November 2018. The terms agreed in principle in March relating to intellectual property remain largely the same but there is some further clarity.

Yesterday, the UK government published its latest White Paper on the future relationship between the UK and the EU after Brexit. In this blog we take a brief look at the implications for intellectual property rights.

The European Commission recently published the results of its consultation on the Database Directive in which it concluded that the directive remains fit for purpose and there is no immediate need for change, as we report in this blog.

Following on from our recent blog on the European Commission's revised draft agreement governing the UK's withdrawal from the EU which covered the protection and enforcement of trade marks, designs and database rights (19 March 2018), the European Commission issued a notice to stakeholders about 10 days later on 28 March 2018, setting out the impact of Brexit in the field of copyright (and touches on database rights again).

On 19 March 2018, the UK and EU Commission announced that they have broadly agreed on the provisions for the protection of IP rights after the Brexit transitional period has ended. A new draft withdrawal agreement has been published and a final agreement is expected in Autumn 2018.